The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-08-20

LIN s,h"'-t "1e you interrupted she softly
Nh tnouSh OF course, with presumabl,
Ieu backward glance into her memorv a;
len it wasn't however
nd Perhaps, said he, though he knew bo
o., was reddenlnS like wretched scboolbov
you can recollect when it was I was 80
Gu happy as to come within your notice y
II, ~ Ii could remember, surely Won conld ,,
ne she SAID. She leaned toward him s.Haro
ID you ever seen me before?" she asked in
us pressively. ~ "'Aeu I'M
g Seen yOu?" He repeated her question
:: Sc IN stammering fashion, and then stoned
II snort Somehow he felt as if he couId pot
= zen ner lle-as if he could not denv tbe
y 10y ne had gained by his first glance at
nei' lie grew silent, and stood there bo-
: iofe her frowning perplexedly and most
II evidently embarrassed. ''' "'OS'
IL "Ah! you have" said she.
She moved quickly, and in doino 60 tbo
= iace nounces of her gown were cauebt and
entangled by the prickly leaves of : coct tins
standing near. She tried to extr;cato Ior
self from the treacherous CRASH bnt rns',a
cessfully. Dudley went Rurriedlv 70 tbo
|
ALLOW me" he said. The two ordinary
words struck an answering chord When
iad he last used them? She lifted Lcr
iiea az as ne set her free, and said quickIv-
Now, know it,
lie grew rather pale. Did she know 10
ana whence came that strange little clean
'iiat snone IN her eyes? She did not saw
anything more Or volunteer anv inform9.
CIon as to this sudden KNOWLEDGE that baa
Moved In upon her, and Dudley, who was
now as one sitting on thorns. made nm he
mind to learn the worst at once AnTtLi n,s
was 81 better than this nervous suspense
NV 80 you have found it out he said
1 gu have discovered either me-or-mv
:" Your double. Certainly not YOU" she
iauSned, and reseated herself with all the
a. az OF one who is about to tell you good
shing' "Why, it is the most absurd
fancy, she said. "And you must really
promise not to be offended, but the fact Is
your sister, Mrs. Trevenning-she is your
sister, isn't she? Well, she has tbe most
eccentric zen coachman in the world
, indeed indeed! said he. He went down for
on HI IIm' and then rose again and struck
l resemble?" e'cen'r'c coaehman
An! do not be offended At that Won
need not 10 tel the truti Il i = morro al
GUS resemblance. Brt the . ], marvel
history connected with - quite a little
which, if you like, 1 shall tell eeoaehman,
He hastened to say it would give a..
infinite delight to hear anything from her
FPS, wherepon she ran through light ac-
cunt of what was already too well known
o him.
Gust now" said she as she finished it.
when you said ALLOW me, it reminded me
t the time when he ran up the steps and
'ok the knocker out of my hand without
y your leave, or with your leave
fop de zele it seemed to me, but he
'emed dangerous person to argue with,
| made no protestation. 'Surely,''
Milling, you are not dangerous, and Yeti
fiectively-"both in voice and feature
~ resemble him. You must not be an
y about this, because, as 1 have already
nted, he was coachman quite out of the
Again the clear eyes looked into his.
'uld it be possible for such sweet orbs to
tray malicious amusement?
"Of course [ am to be congratulated in
1t he wasn't the ordinary sort" said he,
tn an assumption of cheerful indifference
1t did him credit.
Miss Bellasis leaned back in her chair
l played idly with her fan. Was she
tut to quit the distasteful subject? He
ked his brain to try to find something
eresting that should help her to this
|, but even as he racked it she spoke.
DO you known" she said innoently,
think the Trevenning Derry is the fun
It | know. Who ipented it? Who
N was deserve public recognition.
t-gray trouses and claret-colored
with white facings. Surely it is
le."
don't know much about it, said he.
went gone into that sort of thing.
certainly what you say does sound I'M
lonly queer. You should reason with
Trevenning on the subject, who, it
rs, is rather friend of yours"
ute the dearest We haven't Sc
rom each other, she and L"
, looked at him as she said this, and
possible to say, but at all events she
suddenly into low delicious laugh.
MT it nice to have a friend like that?'
ked.
think it would be very nice to havca
like you"
passed this over hurriedly.
ter ALL l don't think shall speak to
7revenning about the livery" said
''The Trevennings are not new peo-
1t they should care what the world
And besides. Oh by the bye,
5 one other thing about that remark
quite forgot to tell you.
er touch Of eccentricity. When
he took off his hat to me. He
touch it, you will understand, he
ried to lift it. But it was too much
!, it resisted his most earnest efforts.
AN! 1t suggested itself to me this
g that perhaps he had once been in
circumstances; might have been al
gentleman"
might" said Sir Dudley, grimly.
now in rage with himself How
had he ever let himself in for such
able sell? To act coachman to his
ters There wasn't even the ele-
romance in it. He might have
ne couldn't act the part decently.
off his hat What an utter fool
made of himself
sure of it." said Miss BelIasis,
"There was quite little air in
he tried to take off that hat. In
he paused and lifted her eyes to
wasn't half surprised enough, when
1 he put out his hand to bid me
hit p
Il OH 1 say, know 1 didn't
r as that" cried Sir Dudley, i'm
7.
$ all over then. Too late he
hort Miss Bellasis rose to her
What have Won to do with ;.9,,